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spizzerinctum


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PRONUNCIATION:

(spiz-uh-RING-tuhm)

MEANING:

noun: Energy, courage, and determination.

ETYMOLOGY:

Origin uncertain; perhaps from the US dialect word spizarinctum (cash), probably an alteration of specie (coin money). Earliest documented use: 1831.

USAGE:

“Effervescence lived in her every cellular expression, and she had spizzerinctum to spare.”
Sean Penn; Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff; Atria Books; 2018.

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